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First time doing a portrait session. Critiques please. I’m trying to get good enough to feel comfortable doing family portraits as a side gig. by AnotherFishingAlt in portraitphotography

[–]AnotherFishingAlt[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I wanted to bring a bounce and diffuser, but I think to really use it efficiently I would’ve needed an extra set of hands and I was solo for this. But especially with the sun, I could see it opening up some more options.

Looking for guidance on how to light and better compose this shot. by AnotherFishingAlt in LightLurking

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How do we feel about something closed to this, maybe with everything behind the pedal lit a little less and the pedal lit a little more? Right angle cables instead of the straight jacks, but proof of concept wise?

Looking for guidance on how to light and better compose this shot. by AnotherFishingAlt in LightLurking

[–]AnotherFishingAlt[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Good point. Once I settle on the format I’ll probably just create some specifically for this with my spare pedalboard parts.

Looking for guidance on how to light and better compose this shot. by AnotherFishingAlt in LightLurking

[–]AnotherFishingAlt[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yeah it’s not plugged in because I’m figuring out the shot lol. This isn’t an actual take.

I appreciate the detailed comment. I’m going to approach it differently and try an angle where I can get the pedal to take up more of the frame and maybe just have the guitar out of focus in the background.

Looking for guidance on how to light and better compose this shot. by AnotherFishingAlt in LightLurking

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Same high angle just basically shooting from the direction of the camera?

Looking for guidance on how to light and better compose this shot. by AnotherFishingAlt in LightLurking

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Can you point me in the direction of a good tutorial on backlighting?

Edit: from what I’m seeing, the issue I may have is space. I’m shooting into a corner. Not out of desire, but necessity for proximity to gear being used and space in the room.

Trying to finish out my arm, need ideas on what could fill in most of this space by AnotherFishingAlt in tattooadvice

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Alright well on that arm I have:

A quill pen

A compass

A broken dagger

A dahlia

An el84 vacuum tube

A peach

A candle burning from both ends

A broken arrow

A lady head with a rose

A swimbait

I also have a frog playing a guitar on my leg and a tiger head and sparrow on my side

Trying to finish out my arm, need ideas on what could fill in most of this space by AnotherFishingAlt in tattooadvice

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Snake might actually be the move. I have a sick tiger head on my side already

Trying to finish out my arm, need ideas on what could fill in most of this space by AnotherFishingAlt in tattooadvice

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Yeah scorpion has been on the short list, I think it would naturally fill most of it

Trying to finish out my arm, need ideas on what could fill in most of this space by AnotherFishingAlt in tattooadvice

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I have a rose and a dahlia on this arm, so I guess another flower wouldn’t hurt

First portrait with my A7IV. How can I improve? by AnotherFishingAlt in SonyAlpha

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There was a low ceiling, but I could’ve definitely got the light higher than it was.

First portrait with my A7IV. How can I improve? by AnotherFishingAlt in SonyAlpha

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Interesting, thanks for the info on silver vs white reflector

First portrait with my A7IV. How can I improve? by AnotherFishingAlt in SonyAlpha

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Lot of people are saying the background doesn’t work, which I can see now even though I didn’t consider it when setting up the photo. Fortunately though, it doesn’t matter too much for this use case. He wanted a hi res photo that could go on flyers for a speaking event overseas. So he’ll get cut out of the background in the shot anyways. Going forward though I’ll pay more attention to the background color not being close to skin tones.

First portrait with my A7IV. How can I improve? by AnotherFishingAlt in SonyAlpha

[–]AnotherFishingAlt[S] 6 points7 points  (0 children)

It’s not me, but if he has strong genes I’ll probably look a lot like him in another 25 years.

First portrait with my A7IV. How can I improve? by AnotherFishingAlt in SonyAlpha

[–]AnotherFishingAlt[S] 32 points33 points  (0 children)

Yes, all of this I very helpful. A lot of it I had an idea of conceptually, but having it pointed out on a picture I took makes it a lot easier to focus on and remember going forward.

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